There are no bad intentions in apposing the “support our troop” sticker on police cars. The only thing is this mixes up two powers that should stay independent of each other: political power (the power to make laws) and police power (the power to enforce law). The two powers should never be mixed because it leads to countries where political power is mixed up with police power, and this is generaly a bad thing. We need our politicians to be free from police power, and vice-versa. This means politicians should not wear police uniforms, and police should not wear “political messges”. Just like teachers are not allowed to give their personal opinion about politics in classrooms. At the personal level though, outside the classroom, outside the police car, outside the uniform and outside the policial process, everyone is free to think or wear what they want. But just not as part of their public jobs.

Another idea I’d like to share is that I truly believe that not only military personel make in difference serving our country, but also teachers, doctors, engineers, scientists, religious people, home builders, farmers, workers of all professions make a difference. And without them there is no point in having military personel. What about diplomats, philosophers and politicians? They are also contributing. The military personel is abroad because political power failed to resolve some problems. Does that make politcians less important? Why not support our politicians instead? Why not support our teachers so our politicians are better educated?